 |
 |
 |
New York Times: Gaza Protesters=Hamas
Trackback Pings
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.israpundit.com/mt-tb.cgi/9574
Comments
1
.
David
said:
1. Well, what did you expect from NYT? Its a leftist/socialst/liberal paper that hates America and Israel?
2. Read this important, and somewhat satirical article -"Iran's Oil-For-Missile Program Helps Israel" - to understand the mentality of the left and their fellow travellers - Islamofascists...it has a great photo too.
Posted by: David on July 23, 2005 10:50 PM
2
.
Robert Kriegsman
said:
For the record the publishers for most of the NY TIMES existence -from
before the 1900s till today - have been the Ochs and the Sulzbergers,
doctrinaire anti-Zionist Reform German Jews.
Adolf Ochs and his son-in-law Arthur Sulzberger attended Reform Temple Emmanuel
on Manhattan's Upper East-side, a bastion of the upper crust German Jewish society.
As Reform Jews who believed strongly in the promise of European emancipationist ideals of the 19th century, they subscribed to the doctrine that Judaism is a religion alone and not
a nationality. Other prominent members included congregant leader anti-zionist
Rabbi Yehuda Leib Magnes, and the Warburg German banking family.
By an ironic turn of events, Zionist leader Chaim Weizman desparately seeking funding for
the Hebrew University, the first Jewish university in Israel, called on Rabbi Yehuda Leib Magnes, and the Warburg German banking family for support. He received it, but in turn ended up letting Max Warburg and Yehuda Leib Magnes call the shots. In 1925 Yehuda Leib Magnes became the President of the University and promoted the idea that Palestine should be under Arab control with a tolerable (to the Arabs) Jewish minority. These "bi-nationalists" have been in control of this seminal institution ever since. Most of Israel's leftist supreme court justices (including of course, Justice Head Aharon Barak), Israel's Media elite etc., are alumni of this University, not to mention professors at other Universities in Israel. These people are largely resposible for the current affliction of so-called "Post-Zionism" which is devestating Israel today.
Getting back to Ochs-Sulzberger they earnestly threw their support to Yehuda Leib Magnes
and his fellow travelers at Hebrew U always attacking the cause of Jewish Statehood
even justifying the Arab Massacres of Palestinian Jews in the 1920's and 1930's inspired by the notorious Palestinian Arab Leader, Haj Amin al-Husseini, because their
bi-nationalist ideas weren't followed.
The above comes from Yoram Hazony's book: The Struggle for Israel's Soul.
As for the NY TIMES reprorting stance on the Holocaust: A new book "Buried by the Times"
pretty much explains it as expaining it from Sulzberger's doctranaire Reform Jewish attitude against anything contradicting his belief that Jews were anything other than
a religious group and not a nationality and could not be integrated into Germany and
Europe.
Posted by: Robert Kriegsman on July 24, 2005 06:22 AM
New York Times: Gaza Protesters=Hamas
An editorial in the New York Times today equated protesters against the Gaza disengagement with Hamas. Crazy you say? Not at all -- not for the newspaper that ignored Auschwitz.
What you see here is an example of the Sulzberger Indifference Template that I explored in a previous post. Today's editorial, "Midsummer Mideast Madness," focuses on two of the Template's bedrock principles, No. 3: Promote the Myth of Palestinian "Moderation," and No. 1, "Whatever The Problem, Blame Israel." A corollary of the latter is the Template sub-principle that "Sharon Is a Thug Who Does Stuff Because He's Mean and For No Good Reason." (I know -- a lot of protesters against the engagement don't much care for Sharon either. But the Times is on his side in that.)
Thus in a discussion of infighting between the "extreme" Hamas and the "moderate" Fatah and Palestinian Authority, we have the following:
The Palestinian population is moderate and peace-loving, as is the Palestinian Authority. Thus what is daintily referred to as "Hamas attacks" (translation: "Palestinians murdering Jews") is really counter to the interests of the "moderate" Palestinian population.
Since that assumption is a lot of hooey -- Hamas, and its murderous tactics, have widespread popular support -- we thus have the title of the editorial, the "Madness" bit. In fact, terrorism is perfectly logical for a radicalized population that 1) Hates Jews, 2) Believes with some justification that terrorism offers political rewards, and 3) Has seen its tactics supported by much of the world (as well as, of course, the United Nations).
Recognition of that reality would undercut the Template Principle No. 3, which is inviolable.
In contrast to the moderate and peace-loving Palestinian population, Sharon is a heavy-handed thug who does things for no reason, except maybe sadism. And, of course, the Palestinian "police" are just peace-loving men twirling night sticks and not thugs who engage in terrorism -- as is the reality.
Look how many Template themes we have in just three sentences!
Next comes another Template sub-principle: There are extremists on both side and they are both equally bad. In both its editorial and news pages, the Times equates Palestinians who murder civilians with Israelis who peacefully demonstrate: "Meanwhile, Israel's extremist right wing is doing its own hijacking."
Hamas and demonstrators against the Gaza disengagement are exactly the same. Both sides are crazy. Fortunately we have the Times editorial board, the same editorial board that ignored Auschwitz, the same editorial board that has white-washed terrorism for years. Three cheers for the Times editorial board!
Cross-posted on Mediacrity.
Posted by Mediacrity at July 23, 2005 10:22 AM